Raddle for straw-carriers.



No. 705,528.v Patented-July 22, i902.

M. HEINEKE.

RADDLE FOR SITRAW CARRIERS.

(Application filed Apr. 14, 1902.)

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-f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN HEINEKE, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO SATTLEYMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORA- TION OFILLINOIS.

RADDLE FOR STRAW-CARRIERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters-Patent No. 705,528, dated July 22,1902.

Application tiled April IIL-1902.

2"'0 all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, MARTIN HEINEKE, ofthe city of Springfield, county ofSangamon, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Raddles for Straw-Carriers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to raddles 'in which the cross-slats are securedto the side belts by 1o means of met-al clips or strips; and the objectis to prevent the metal from cutting the belts crosswise.

In the'type of raddle to which myinvention more particularly relates thebelts run with I5 both sides at times engaging pulleys, and the clips orstrips that connect the cross-slats with the belts are made thin andcomparatively narrow to permit the belts to travel around the pulleys.The turn of the belts 2o around the pulleys brings the edges of themetal strips into Vcontact with the belts,A and. when the strips arebetween the belts and the pulleys the pressure of the belts against thepulleys is exerted in part on the intervening z 5 strips of metal. Theseinfluences cause the metal strips to cut and wear the belts crosswisethereof and materially shorten the lives of the belts. To neutralize thewearing eeot of the clips on the belts, I have devised the 3o plan ofmaking flexible strips somewhat wider than the parts of the clips thatcome in contact with the belts and securing such strips between theclips and the belts with the edges of the strips projecting beyond theedges of 3 5 the belt-engaging parts of the clips. The

material of the belt-protecting strips is preferably leather, as .thatcombines ilexibility, strength, and comparative softness to a desirabledegree; but it is not improbable that 4o other material may produce thedesired effect more or less completely, and I do not restrict myself inthat particular. The purpose of the protecting-strips is to yield toconform to the curvature of the belts while traveling around pulleys andto take the severe cutting and wearing pressure of the edges of theclips and transfer it to the belts in a diffused and softened condition.To accomplish this purpose, the strips need to be strong, somewhatdexiving; parts of the clips.

'to the belt 6 crosswise thereof.

sain No. 102,915. (No man ble, softer than the metal of which the clipsare composed, and wider than the belt-engag- Any material having thesecharacteristics may be used in place of leather. A 1

The term clip is used herein to designate a piece of`metal shaped toengage a cross-Slat and be secured to a belt crosswise thereof,

and the forms that such devices may take are numerous and varied. Somehave two parallel extensions separated to embrace the belt, others havea singleextension attachable to one side or the other of the belt, andstill others have a single extension which is inserted between parts ofthe belt, so that the metal is held out of contact with the pulleys.With the single extension clips separate metal strips may be used on theopposite side of the belt to take the stress of the rivets used tosecurethe clips to the belt, andA it is possible that the'forms arestill further varied. In all cases, however, there is at least onenarrow extension of the clip crossing the belt and secured thereto, andwherever that condition exists there is need for my improvement.

In the drawings forming part of this speciiication, Figure 1 isaperspective representation of a bifurcated or two-extension clipembracing a belt supplied with my belt-protecting strips. Fig. 2 is anelevation of the structure shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevationshowing a single-extension clip secured to one side of a belt. Fig. 4shows a singleextension clip inserted edgewise through a belt.

An end of a raddle-slat is shown at l. The Slat-embracing part of theclip is shown at 2, and at 3 and 4c are shown the thinned and narrowedclip extensions which are riveted l A belt-protectingstrip 5 of thestrong, flexible, and not exceedingly hard material hereinbeforementioned is secured between each clip extension and the belt with theedges of the strip conforming to the edges of the clip extension. Whenthe clip has a pair of belt-embracing extensions, as shown in Figs. land 2, the protecting-strip may be made long enough to fold around thebelt, as shown in Fig. l, and this form of strip may also be used withclips having single extensions attached to one side of the belt. In Fig.3 a metal plate 7 is shown in solid lines against the under side of thebelt to take the stress of the securingrivets; but a flexible strip 5may be used as a substitute for the plate, as shown in broken lines. Inthe form shown in Fig. 4 there is a part of the belt exposed to thewearing and cuttingr action of the metal of the clip on each side of theclip extension, and protectingstrips 5 are placed in position toneutralize the tendency of the clip to injuriously affect the belt.

I claiml. In araddleclip the combination of a raddle-slat, a belt, ametal clip secured to the Slat, an extension of the clip secured to thebelt crosswise thereof, a separate metal plate secured to the beltcrosswise thereof and on the opposite side from the clip, and a strip offiexible material secured between the belt and the clip extension andsecured between the belt and the separate metal plate, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a raddle, the combination of a raddle- Slat, a belt, a metal clipsecured to the raddle-slat, an extension of the clip secured to the beltcrosswise thereof, and a strip of flexible material, secured between thebelt and the clip extension, substantially as described.

3. In a raddle, the combination of a raddle- Slat, a belt, a met-al clipsecured to the raddleslat,an extension of the clip secured to the beltcrosswise thereof, and a strip of iieXible material, wider than the clipextension, secured between the belt and the clip extension,substantially as described.

4. In a raddle, the combination of a raddleslat, a belt, a metal clipsecured to the raddle-slat, an extension of the clip secured to the beltcrosswise thereof, and a strip of ilexible and yielding material, widerthan the clip extension, secured between the belt and the clip extensionwith its edges projecting beyond the edges of the clip extension,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign my name in the presence of two subscribingWitnesses.

MARTIN HEINEKE.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. MATHENY, ROBERT MATHENY.

